Box v. Walker

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs, Elaine R. Box and her husband Melvin J. Box, Jr., appeal from an order of the Superior Court (Waldo County) dismissing their joint malpractice action against a physician and a hospital. The Superior Court found, on the authority of Tantish v. Szendey, 158 Me. 228, 182 A.2d 660 (1962), that the actions, involving an unsuccessful sterilization procedure performed on Mrs. Box, were barred by the applicable two-year statutes of limitations, 14 M.R.S.A. § 753 (1980) (physicians) and 24 M.R.S.A. § 2902 (Supp.1982) (hospitals).1 Relying upon Myrick v. James, 444…